Bound and free excitons in ZnO. Optical selection rules in the absence and presence of time reversal symmetry

The correlation between ionized donor bound exciton recombinations and neutral donor bound exciton recombinations in ZnO has been investigated. The experimental data obtained by means of magneto-photoluminescence (MPL) concerning charge state and localization energies of ionized and neutral donor bound excitons are in good agreement with theoretical predictions. The optical selection rules in absence and presence of time reversal symmetry (TRS) are investigated. It is shown that the inclusion of extra degeneracy due to TRS reveals a number of new states of the same symmetries and essentially does not change the existing optical selection rules.

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